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Biology and Political Behavior : the Brain, Genes and Politics - The Cutting Edge.
This volume examines cutting edge research in the study of biology and politics and investigates the linkage between evolution, genetics, and politics, and the relationship of brain science to our understanding of politics. Several chapters provide a special focus on the use of twin studies to under...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bradford :
Emerald Group Pub.,
2011.
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| Colección: | Research in Biopolitics, 9.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; biology and politics: the cutting edge; copyright page; contents; list of contributors; part i: introduction; introduction; part ii: genes, evolution, and politics; the states' response to parental divestment: could safe haven legislation lead to more child abandonment?; a model of actions and norms: an integrated evolutionary perspective on normative ethics and human behavior; the biopolitics of primates; measuring social and political phenotypes; political science and behavior genetics: rethinking foundational assumptions.
- From genes to politics: bridging the gap between biological and social explanations of political behavior via twin studiesgenes, twin studies, and antisocial behavior; part iii: the brain and political behavior; neurological imaging and the evaluation of competing theories; brain sciences and politics: some linkages; brain imaging and political behavior: a survey.